The status of payment to the Defence Forces Pensioners / Family Pensioners on account of implementation of OROP order, as on 22.11.2016 are as under:-

No. of cases paid

(1st installment and lump sum payments

Amount disbursed (Rs. in Crores)

No. of cases paid 2nd installment

Amount disbursed (Rs. in Crores)

1957925

3984.76

1541316

2267.71

Public Grievances Cell in the Department is receiving grievances of the Pensioners / Family Pensioners and taking up the matters with the concerned offices e.g. Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA), Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pension) for redressal of their grievances in a time-bound manner. Service Headquarters and CGDA also have dedicated grievance directorates / cells for redressal of grievances of Ex-Servicemen. Disposal of the grievances is monitored at the highest level in the Government.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Smt Ambika Soni and Dr. T Subbarami Reddy in Rajya Sabha today.